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Octopus
So this just dropped into my inbox:
"Many thanks for your email last week on the issues facing our industry. I am pleased to say we had a positive response and we have reviewed every single email we received.
The key themes that have emerged are as follows:
• In terms of licencing electricians many respondents were explicitly in favour, balanced by positive comments for the current QS system.
• Many respondents are anti-short courses
• Most respondents welcomed one register for Part P contractors
• All respondents who mentioned 3rd Party Inspection did not do so positively.
• The 2013 review of Part P and the changes in England are seen by many as a backwards step for electrical safety
We have shared a summary of the responses to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). The Department is responsible for the Building Regulations and oversees Competent Persons Schemes. We are confident the responses will be useful to them during a review of Part P of the Building Regulations, which will take place in late 2014, early 2015.
In the meantime, we are planning to hold an early evening webinar for our customers on current industry issues and you will receive a personal invite. We will set the date early February. More generally we will keep you updated via our e-newsletter. In the meantime, thank you for your continued support.
Best wishes
Emma Clancy
CEO"
Really??
No mention of the high fees, yearly inspections and nothing about the lack of "real" policing by the schemes or LABC's
"Many thanks for your email last week on the issues facing our industry. I am pleased to say we had a positive response and we have reviewed every single email we received.
The key themes that have emerged are as follows:
• In terms of licencing electricians many respondents were explicitly in favour, balanced by positive comments for the current QS system.
• Many respondents are anti-short courses
• Most respondents welcomed one register for Part P contractors
• All respondents who mentioned 3rd Party Inspection did not do so positively.
• The 2013 review of Part P and the changes in England are seen by many as a backwards step for electrical safety
We have shared a summary of the responses to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). The Department is responsible for the Building Regulations and oversees Competent Persons Schemes. We are confident the responses will be useful to them during a review of Part P of the Building Regulations, which will take place in late 2014, early 2015.
In the meantime, we are planning to hold an early evening webinar for our customers on current industry issues and you will receive a personal invite. We will set the date early February. More generally we will keep you updated via our e-newsletter. In the meantime, thank you for your continued support.
Best wishes
Emma Clancy
CEO"
Really??
No mention of the high fees, yearly inspections and nothing about the lack of "real" policing by the schemes or LABC's